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Today, I had to put the ideas into actions. I think I did a fairly ok job. There was an open school today, so there were new people taking a look at the facilities as classes were going on. The first class that I did got me off guard. When I normally taught this class with the other English teachers, they would always be loud, noisy, not paying attention and seemed to have low retention of the material. So I took it slow. Unfortunately, I was taking it too slow. I should have kicked it to a higher level and explained things in a more clearer fashion. But all and all, it wasn't bad. I made all the students speak, and was able to grab their attention, for the most part. It's not bad for the first time. And for the 7th grade.

The second class was much better. I think it was because the other teacher offered more translations, but I only think that it was only to reinforce what the students already knew. I think many of the activities were recieved well and that they already knew most of the materials. But didn't know how to say it. It's an oral communication class so they had to speak in order for that purpose to be served. So I think the objectives were met and that it's just the first day. I think the next time will be better because I know to be a little more accelerated. Not to mention, classes were only 30 minutes long.

Afterwards, I stayed at school MUCH longer. I was talking with the other teachers much more. I was asking them about Japanese, and then others engaged me with English questions. It took a long time to get them to stop wanting to study. I was truly exhausted at this time. So I left after we had finished a studying session. I started reading a new book on the way home. It's Dan Brown's "The Da Vinci Code" So far... SO good.